Earl is still trying to work most days. He seems to feel pretty good most of the time. He is still having serious problems with diarrhea. He has lost down to about 150 lbs. That means he has lost about 15 lbs. in the last two weeks! He is wasting away so quickly.
If anyone has any ideas as to what he can try to gain weight, I'm sure he would welcome your suggestions. I read on the Internet last night that Patrick Swayze, who has pancreatic cancer, gained 20 lbs. drinking muscle building shakes. We are going to check into that tomorrow.
The 5FU pills are doing a real number on his fingers. He has split places (some 1/2" or more) on the ends of almost all fingers. His right hand seems to be worse and, of course, that is the hand he uses to work. It is very sore. He took the last dose (14th day) on Thursday. He will be off them for seven days. Hope his fingers will have time to heal.
He will get the second treatment of the new chemo, Oxaliplatinum, tomorrow. For a few days after the treatment, he cannot drink or touch anything cold. Causes severe pain!
Thank you for all your prayers. God is the Great Physician and we believe in His miracles.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Earl - More weight loss
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Hey guys, I just spoke to one my coworkers who works on 5East and she said they normally do not see the hand problems with the 5FU but rather the Oxaliplatinum. She said that bandaids over the areas, cotton gloves could help but that you should let the md know about this side effect. They could possibly order him a cream. Perhaps you already have. She said some people have actually shed off the layers of skin from their finger and hands. As far as the muscle building stuff, I know they have lots of products at GNC and the like (Myoplex, MetRx, and hospital used Unjury) They have significant amounts of protein which help increase or avoid losing much muscle mass. Again I would talk to the md about whether increased protein in his diet is suggested. Anyway, I hope any of this helps and Earl I surely hope you get to feeling better!
Lots of prayers,
Cindy
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